Episode 283 — Virtual Cloaks

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A whirlwind tour of virtual real estate, virtual clothes on real people, faking out facial recognition AI with Fawkes, mmhmm, cat TV and board games. Something for everyone! Continue reading

Episode 279 — Subscriptions

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things you can subscribe to, things you want to subscribe to and things you prefer that you don’t have to subscribe to. Scribble, Graffiti & TrackPoint, Pokemon & Deep Fakes, Hamilton & Star Trek, this episode has it all. Continue reading

Episode 261 — Flippin’ Phones

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Starting off on a Valentine’s Day theme, the co-hosts talk about a Ford survey of 1,000 US adults that found that 75% are more likely to date someone if they own an EV. Switching gears to the intersection of global events and tech conferences, Michael and Michael talk about the impact of the coronavirus, now named COVID-19 on conferences such as Mobile World Congress.  At the time of the recording, some major corporations were pulling out of the conference, but the conference was still scheduled to take place.  That changed on February 12th with the announcement that MWC would be … Continue reading

Episode 218 – Virtually Married

Marrying your best friend, when it is an AI bot, introduces more than one strange thing to your life. So does chatting with the dearly departed. VR/AR/MR stories, ionic drive & more. Continue reading